الهشر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to lightness, thinness, and weakness, often applied to physical objects, plants, and animals. It also extends to concepts of rapid shedding, like leaves, and a specific type of camel behavior.

Derived headwords

الهَشَرnoun

1.
lightness, thinnessboth
Refers to the quality of being light or thin, often in texture or substance.

الهَيْشَرnoun

1.
weak, feeble person/thingboth
Describes someone or something that is weak and feeble.
2.
weak plantboth
Refers to a plant that is weak or delicate.
3.
Kankhar al-barrclassical
A type of plant, possibly referring to Kankhar al-barr.
4.
desert shrubclassical
A shrub found in the desert.
5.
poppyclassical
Refers to the poppy plant.

المِهْشَارadjective

1.
camel that conceives easilyclassical
Describes a female camel that conceives quickly upon mating and does not play coy.

المَهْشُورadjective

1.
burnt lungsclassical
Describes an animal, specifically a camel, whose lungs are burnt.

هَشَرَهاverb

1.
to milk completelyboth
To milk all the milk from an animal's udder.

شَجَرَةٌ هَشُورٌ وهَشِرَةٌadjective

1.
tree with fast-shedding leavesclassical
A tree whose leaves fall quickly.

الهَشِيرَةnoun

1.
frivolity, vanityclassical
A diminutive form of 'al-asharah', referring to vanity or haughtiness, possibly by substituting 'ha' for 'hamza'.

الهَيْشُورnoun

1.
a type of treeclassical
A type of tree, though the text suggests this might be a misspelling of 'hayysum'.

Parallel reading

خفة الشيء، ورقته.

The lightness of a thing, and its thinness.

الرخو الضعيف، ونبات ضعيف، أو كنكر البر، أو شجر رملي، أو الخشخاش.

The weak and feeble, a weak plant, or Kankhar al-barr, or a desert shrub, or the poppy.

المِهْشَار من الإبل: التي تضع قبلها، وتلقح في أول ضربة، ولا تماجن.

The Mahshar among camels: she that conceives early, and becomes pregnant on the first mating, and does not play coy.

المَهْشُور: المحترق الرئة منها.

The Mahshoor: one whose lungs are burnt.

وهشرها: حلب ما في ضرعها أجمع.

And to hashara it: to milk all that is in its udder.

وشجرة هشور وهشرة: يسقط ورقها سريعا.

And a tree Hashoor and Hashirah: its leaves fall quickly.

والهشيرة: تصغير الهشرة، وهي البطر كأنه أبدل الهمزة هاء، والأصل: الأشرة، من الأشر.

And Al-Hashirah: a diminutive of Al-Hashrah, which is vanity, as if the hamza was replaced by ha, and the origin is Al-Ashrah, from Al-Ashr.

قول الجوهري: الهيشور: شجر، وأنشد: لباية من همق هيشور تصحيف، والصواب: هيشوم، بالميم، والرجز ميمي.

Al-Jawhari's statement: Al-Hayyshoor: a tree, and he recited: 'Labaayah min hamq hayyshoor' is a misspelling, and the correct is: Hayyshoom, with a mim, and the verse is mimetic.